Oh, wait a second...
James Knowles-tannat-
May I request a Tuesday 10:45 GMT time yet again?
James Knowles-tannat-
May I request a Tuesday 10:45 GMT time yet again?
I like it, that way i can see if I can drive acceptable times to participate in this event
how we measure up to the rest of the crew before a rally
First impressions, FWD drives SOOOOOO much different than the Escort, dare I say these are harder to drive. Regardless this will be a blast.
May I request a Tuesday 10:45 GMT time yet again?
Warren- I have a suggestion for Rally Club events. I think all of us would like to know how we measure up to the rest of the crew before a rally. I think it would be great to include a shakedown stage in the event posting. Whaddya think?
I hope Sweet Lamb will work, last rally we did with this track it won't load (for me !)
Hans, can you run it off-line?
Anyone else having problems with it?
Hans, can you run it off-line?
Anyone else having problems with it?
Responses below IN CAPS
1. The Rally Club Events are just for fun, not meant to be seriously competitive. They allow us to try out new cars, Stages, weather etc, and more importantly, are meant to be a way of attracting new drivers to RBR and our friendly Rally Club atmosphere. I see the RD Rally Championship as the more serious, competitive side of our RBR activities.
AGREED
2. If it gets too serious with "aliens" posting very fast times pre-rally, it may put some other drivers off joining, feeling they are not good enough or feeling demoralised.
YEAH-I CAN SEE THAT. BUT THIS ALSO HAPPENS AT THE END OF RALLY WITH THE RESULTS
3. Did you have in mind for the Shakedown to be set up on-line or people just run it off-line? On-line would create problems of various timezones and admin. Off-line may not be very indicative of what someone's actual rally time might be anyway. Drivers could use multiple restarts if they have a crash or retire. If they did crash and posted that result, it would be meaningless info anyway. I find that my "practice' times can vary hugely from my actual Rally times depending on how brave I am prepared to push. Just because someone posts a very fast time in a shakedown, it may bear no resemblance to the actual rally time.
STRICTLY OFFLINE, AND YOU ARE SPOT ON WITH YOUR SENTIMENTS. AS WITH PRACTICE IN ANY FORM OF MOTORSPORT TIMES ARE NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF TRUE RACE PERFORMANCE. I WOULD HOPE EVERYONE HERE KNOWS THAT-MAYBE NOT.
4. Setting a "typical" Rally Stage for a shakedown can be misleading, some stages vary greatly throughout a full Rally, especially if we use multiple surfaces or weather, as we do sometimes.
YES-YOU ARE RIGHT.
However, if people want to setup practice rallys, they are free to do so, Daruisz has often set one up and posted it in the Rally thread.
Also, WRT to drivers trying to find how hard they should push (via practice), I believe that is best achieved off-line. I think drivers should find their own limits, not desperately try to match another drivers time. I just push myself to find my own limits balanced with my ability to complete a whole rally. If I push beyond my comfort zone, I might be able to get close to the faster guys times, SOMETIMES, but will most likely crash out on one stage through a mistake.
YES- I FULLY KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN
Rally driving is about balance and consistency across all stages, not matching a super quick time on one stage.
A long winded answer, I know, but these are my initial thoughts.
Occasionally people post replays / videos of their "practice' runs, I have done this myself, maybe these are helpful (but beware, even some of mine involve restarts) and can show more info about driving lines and styles.
Thanks for the ideas James, worth more thought.
and if possible I request Tuesday 22:30 GMT time
As we gonna drive S1600 cars I don't have A K1 available?
About Sweet Lamb - Hans, I'm almost sure that setting the RichardBurnsRally_SSE compatibility mode to XPSP3 will fix it for you.